Riding beet-cultivator.



RIDING BEET CULTIVATOR.

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W. s GRAHAM.- RIDING BERT CULTIVATOR. APPLICATION ILhED DEG.4,1907.

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W. S. GRA-HAM. RIDING BEET GULTIVATUR.

APPLI T 0N I D 0A I ILE DBG 4, 1907l 5 SYHEETSHEBT 5.

ances with relation anglingthe wheels; Fig. 5 Y anv end view of the wheel-supporting bracket 6 is a vertical y Fig. 7 is a detail, being a side elevation, parenlarged detail, being a vplan WILLIAM S. GRAHAM, Ol`

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CANTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PARLlN AND ORENDORFF GOM- PANY, Ol" CANTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

RIDING BEET-CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aprii 21, 1908.

Application lexl December 4, 1907. Serial No. 495,072.

To' all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l. WiLLiAM GRAHAM, a

citizen :of the United States, rcsidingnt Canton, in the county ot Fulton nud State ol certain new ano userefercnce ybeing had to the"accompanying drawings.

10 i lily invention relates to riding beet-culti- Vators, and particularly to the kind ol' cultivators known as four-row cultivators, and one of its objectsisj to provide new and iniproved wheel trame for such cultivators ca- 15 pable of being` easily disconnected for shipping or other purposes.

Another object is to provide a new and ini- .provcd' means by which the front. carrying Wheels can be adjusted laterally so as toI 2,0 travel between the rows a t difl` erent distances apart. l vAnother object ot' my invention is to provide new and 'improved means for tilting the gang frai'nes carrying the cultivating applito the carryingl frame.- Another object of my invention is to provide new and improved lever mechanism for raising and lowering the gang iraines,either together or independently of one another.

My invention has for a further object the y'in iproveinent ofsuch cultivators in sundry details hereinafter pointed out.

ln the accompanying drawings,-l*`igui'e 1 lis a side elevation, showing the right-hand 35 wheel removed;

Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail, being an. isomet-- Fig. 2 is n. top or plan View;

ric viewiof the carrying liaine; Fig. 4 is a detail, `being aplan view of the carrying frame and showing the foot-lever inechanisnrfor is a detail, being tially in section, ol a portion ol the .front frame, the seat-beams and cultivatinefineclr` einem, showing the lever mechanism or raising and lowering the cultivator gangs; Fig. 8

is a detail, being a horizontal `section of a portion of the seat-beams, showingthe means for mounting the. levers; Fig. 9 is an View, showingthe lever mechanism; Fig. l() is a side eleva#V tion ot' the parts shown in Fig. 9, partially in vertical section; und Fig. ll, is an enlarged detail, being a view ol" one oll the hand-levers and notched segments.

Referring to the drawings-thvfront or carrying frame olA the machine is coin )osed oi a front bar 12 and rear bar 13 and a race bar 14 secured to the bars 12 and 13. The frame. is also braced by other parts hereinafter pointed out.

15 indicates hangers, which are bifurcated at their lower ends to receive the forward ends ot' the draw-bars hereinafter described. The brackets 15 are bolted or otherwise secured to the front cross-bar 12 ing frame.

16 indicates braces, which are bolted 0r otherwise secured at their forward ends to the lower part of the hangers 15 and extending diagonally upward and backward are' bolted or otherwise secured at their rear ends to the rear cross-bai' 13, serving to brace .the hangers 15.

17 indicates a tongue, which is mounted preferably by a suitable bracket 18 on the front bar 12 to which it is braced by brace-rods 19 whose forward ends are bolted or otherwise fastened to the tongue 17, and which extending diagonally outward and backward are secured at their rearward ends to the outer pair of brackets 15, preferably by hai/ing their rear ends bent andinserted through suitable openings in the brackets and held in place by cotter-pins 20.

21 indicates brackets, which are provided at their front ends with a shoulder 22 adapted to be removably bolted to the front bar 12 and at their rear ends with a'clip 2.3 adapted to be secured upon the-rear bar.18 and locked in place by a bolt 2 l.

25 indicates a sleeve, which islsecured t the bracket 21 and acts as a journal for the vertical portion of the` wheel spindle hereinafter described. A

The brackets 21, the. shoulders 22, clips 23 sleeves 25 andL extending upwards and Ainof `rthe carrywards are bolted at their inner ends to the sleeves 25.

27 indicate brackets, which are' bolted or otherwise secured to the inner side of the rea-r bar v13, near the ends thereof.

28 indicates brackets, which are fastened by clips, or in any other appropriate manner, to the rear cross-bar 13 near the center thereof, and are provided with downwardextending arms 29 which are recessed at their lower ends, as best shown in Fig. 3. -The brackets 27-23 are provided with suitables 'aft hreinafter described.

30 indicates a truss-rod whose outer ends are bolted or otherwise secured to the brackets 27, and which bears against'the arms 29 of the brackets 28 in the notched lower ends thereof.

31 indicates hounds, the forward ends of which rest above and are secured to the cross-bar 12 and which ass beneath the rear bar 13, secured thereto y clips 32, or in any other appropriate manner.

33 indicates seat-bars, whose forward ends are bolted to the hounds 3l and which extend o eninvs which act as a journal for the rockba'ckward, coming closer together as they appreach their rear ends'in which is mounted a sleeve 34 which su ports the upright spindle of the caster-whee 35 so as to permit the caster-wheel to turn freely in said sleeve. The caster-wheel and its spindle are of ordinary .and well-known form and description and need no further descri tion here.

36 indicates a seat., whic 1 is mounted upon the rear ends of the seat-bars 33.

37 indicates the carrying wheels, which are mounted upon a spindle 33 provided with an upright portion 39 which is journaled in the sleeve 25, as best shown in Fig. 6.

4() indicates a twoart clip, which is mounted upon the slpind e 33, extending part way up the vertica portion 39. The outer end is formed with a peripheral interior groove 41 which is adapted to receive a circular flange 42 on the hub 43 of the carrying wheel.

44 indicates an arm, whose lower end is secured to the cli 40 by means of suitable bolts which ass t irough the lower end of the arm, throng the cli 4() and through the upri ht portion 39 o the wheel spindle 38. Ie arm 44 extends diagonally upward and backward.

45 indicates a connecting-bar which is pivlotally connected at its ends to the arms 4.4.

46 indicatesl brackets which are bolted or otherwise secured to the inner sides of the seat-beam 33.

' 47 indicates bell-crank levers, which are pivotally mounted on the brackets 46. One end of each of the bell-crank levers 47 rojects forwardly and is pivotally connecte to the cross-bar 45, as is best shown in Figs. 2

and 4. The other arm of each bell-crank lever extends laterally outward and is provided at yits end with a foot-rest 48. It will be obvious that the driver by the pressurepf the foot upen one or the other of the footrests 48 will cause the bell-crank levers to 1ock,"moving`the arm 45 laterally to one side or the other, and thus angling the wheels, as is best shown in Fig, 4. V

By looseniner the bolts by which the forward ends of the brackets 21 are secured to the front frame and the bolts by which the inner ends of the braces 26 are secured to the rear cross-bar 12, and by loosening the cli s 24, the brackets 21 may be moved inwardls) .towards and away from the center ofthe hachine and locked in any desired position, the front and rear bars receiving a number of erforations for the insertion of the bolts. y this means the wheels may be laterally adjusted towards or away from each other to suit different widths.

It will be obviousfrom the above descri tion that by unfastening the bolts by whici the seat-beam is secured to the hounds the seatalso that the wheels may be readilyI removed if desirable, for convenience of shipment or otherwise. v

.lh'e gang frameforcarrying the cultivating appliances is composed of cross-bars 49-50 secured together by cross-bars 51 at 'their outer ends.

52 indicates clamps, whichv are. bolted or otherwise secured to the cross-bars 49-50 in which are adjustably clamped the standards 53 of the cultivating shovels 54 55 in such a way that their position may be varied therein and may be securely clam ed in any desired position by means of bo ts 57. 4i have shown in my machine two kinds of cultivating shovels-434, knownas weerlers, and 55 generally known as duck-feet but, of course, any other kind of shovels or cultivating appliances may be used.

53 indicates draw-bars, whose forward ends are pivotally mounted in the lower bifureated ends of the hangers 15 and whose rear ends are bolted or otherwise secured to the gang frame.

59--60 indicate rock-shafts, one upon each side of the machine, jourmiled in the brackets 27 v 123. 'lhe outer ends of the rockshafts 59-60 are bent at right angles to form arms 3W-60 which extend backwardly substantially horizontally.

61 indicates links,whose upper ends are pivotally connected with the rearward ends of the arms 59--6(), and whose lower ends pass through lugs 62 bolted-or otherwise secured to the draw-lmrs 5S, and are prevented from being lifted out of the lugs b meansof Cotter-pins or other suitable wellnown /device.

63 indicates spiral expansion springs,

-,\vith the segment 76" both levers will' be `lever 65 is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the segment 76. ally mounted Aon' the segment 76 by means notched segn'ient 76 and the latch 79 on the whose upper'A end bears against a suitable? 'shoulder on the link 6l and whosc lower` end l bears uponthe. upper surface of the lugs 62,

thefunetion of the s ring being to yieldingly hold' the shovels in t 1e ground.

It will be obvious from the above descripi tionthat if both ,the rock-shafts 5.960 are f rocked the. gang Jframe will be lifted parallel toitself throughout its length, raising or low-v ering all the shovels simultaneously, and that if one. of the rock-shafts only is rockedthe Gang frame will be correspondingly raised or i 'o wered at oneI end, tilting the same so as to i kee itin pro r relation with the ground ref garrlessof t e tilt ot' the carrying frame.

The rck-shafts are rocked by levers 64 65, 'whichare connected, respectively, by links l 6667 and' to downward-depending arms -which are clam pcd or otherwise rigidly secured to a squared or non-circularp ortion at the. inner 'ends of the rockshafts 7] indicates a notched segment, which is bolted to one of the seat-frame barsSB and is provided with a hollow portion 72 in which is seated one end of a sleeve 73, as is bestl shown in Fig. 8. 'lhe other' end of the sleeve 73 is seated in a block 74, which is held in position by the boltinqr together of the parts Hereinafter describe( 76 indicates a notched segment provided with a sleeve or hub portion 76n by means ol' which it isr'otatabl'y mounted on the ,sleeve 73, .the whole being bolted together in 'position between the bars 33 by a bolt 751 'lhe The lever 64 is pivotof a pivot-pin 77. Each ol' the levers i's provided with the usual spring-seated latch 76-79 operated, respectively,-bythe usual hand-levers 80--8land links Q2-83. '[l're latch 78-on the lever 64 engages the lever 65 engages the fixed notched segment 71. It will beobvious from the above descripn tion that if the lever 65 is released from the. fixed segment 71 and the lever' 64 engaged swung together and both rock-shafts will be simultaneously lifted, lifting the gang vframe throughout its entire length parallel to itselt. Ii", however', both hand-levers 86 and 8] are operated to disengage. the latches 7X and 79 the levers 61%65 may be operated so as to rock either ot' the rock-shafts, or one rockshaft in onc direction and the other in the other, correspondingly tilting the gang trame; from its horizontal position, as may be desired. ,',lhc action ol `the. levers in raising and lowering the frames is assisted by the springs X4, which are connected at their forwar'd ends to suitable brackets S5 on the` front bar 12 of tlfc carrying traine and at their rearward ends to brackets S6 which are secured to and project upwardfrom theI arms 59--60 of the rock-sha ts 5504-60, The torward ends ot' the springs 84 are preferably connected to the brackets 85 by means of an eye-bolt S7. the eye of which receives the forward end ot' the coiled springand which may be adjusted so as to vary the tension Iof the spring by means oi' a nut. 8S screwed u on the screw-threadedforward end-of the eyc- )olt 87.

'l'hat which I claimfas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-Y

if ln a cultivator, the combination with a front frame consisting of two vparallel transversc bars, brace bars and hounds secured to said cross-bars, wheel carrying brackets carried by said cross-bars and adjustable. laterally thereon, of a rearwardly-ergtending seat support removably secured to said hounds, downwardly-extending hangers sc,- cured to said front frame, a gang-carrying frame, and draw-bars mounted on said gangcarrying frame. and pivotally secured at their. l'ront ends to said hangers.

2. ln a cultivator, the combination with a` carrying frame, a gang frame, and draw-bar connections between said gang frame and said carrying frame, a pair ol rockfsliafts having rock arms at their outer ends and journaled in ysaid carr fing frame, link connections between saidy rock arms and `the outer ends of 'said gang frame, a segment secured to said gang frame, a lever pivoted to said segment,v a connection between said' lever and one of said rock arms,.a second segment rigidly mounted 0n said lever, 'a

second lever pivotally mounted on said 'second segment, anda connection between said second lever and the other rock-shaft.

3. In ,a cultivator7 the combination witha' Acarrying frame,'a gang frame, and draw-bar connections betweensald gang trame and said carrying frame, a pair of rock-shafts having rock arms at their outer ends and journaled in said carrying frame, link connections between said rock arms and the outer ends of said gang frame, a segment secured to said carrying frame, a leverpivotally lconnected with said segment, a latch adapted.

to adjustably lock said lever to said segment, a

connection between said lever and one of said rock-shafts a second segment rigidly mounted on 'said lever, a second lever. pivotcd to said second segment, latch con nections adapted to adjustably lock said seconddever and said second seg-nient, and

a connection between said secondjever and the other rock-shaft.

4. `In a cultivator, the. combination with a carrying frame, a gang frame., and draw-bars connecting said gang frame and said :carrying frame, ofl a p'airof'rock-shafts journaled in sa'idcarrying frame and having rock arms at their outer ends, link connections bei-wt-ny said rock arms and the outer ends offsaid/ gang frame, and lever mechanism adapted to either rock said rock-shafts simultaneously to one of said cross-bars, and braces connector independently.

5. In a cultivator7 the combination with a carrying frame, a gang frame and drawebars connecting said gang frame with said carrying frame, of a pair of rck-shafts journaled in said carrying frame and having rock arms at their outer ends, link connections between said rock arms and the outer ends of said gang rame,-a swinging lever carried by said carrying frame and connected with one of said rock-shafts, and mechanism' connected with said lever and with `the other of said rock shafts, whereby both the said rockshafts may be rocked simultaneously.

6.1In a cultivator, a carrying frame consisting of two parallel transverse bars, brace bars, hounds secured to said carrying bars, wheel-supporting brackets carried by said transverse bars and Aadjustable laterally thereon, a rearwardly-extending seat-support removably secured to said hounds and V having a caster Wheel su ported at its outer end7 downwardly-depen ing hangers secured lng the lower ends of said hangers with the other of said crossbars- 7. ln a cultivator, the combination with a carrying frame, wheel-supporting brackets mounted in said carrying frame and adjustable laterally thereon, vertically-disposed sleeves secured to said brackets', wheel spindles having vertical portions journaled in said sleeves, carrying wheels mounted on said Wheel spindles, rearwardly extending arms rigidly secured to said wheel spindles below said sleeves, a cross-bar pivotally connected at its ends with saidirearwardlyextendingr bars, bell-crank levers mounted on said carrying frame and having forwardlyextending arms pivotally connected to. said cross-bar and having foot-rests on their laterally-extending arms.

WILLIAM s. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

B. WALLACE, F. L. DEWEY. 

